
A wager is on-the fastest horseman wins! Astride her horse-in her breeches-should she win the wager, Beatrice is poised to name her forfeit! And then it hits her: should she marry a man she doesn't know when she's falling love with her rescuer- a man with no mind for marriage!īeauty in breeches: Wildly unconventional orphan Miss Beatrice Fanshaw has one goal-to claim back her ancestral home from the devilish Julius Chadwick, Marquess of Maitland, who makes her heart beat quite erratically! Knowing Julius's weakness for a flutter, she decides to play the distinguished but disreputable Marquess at his own game. Maria is taken aback when Charles strides toward her with the silent sureness of a wolf. He will rescue one Miss Maria Monkton and deliver her to her betrothed- a man whose reputation he little cares for. Marrying Miss Monkton: Sir Charles Osbourne has made a promise against his better judgment.
